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Large Firms

Aug. 28, 2009

Manatt, Associate Get Slapped With Lawsuit Over Movie Deals

A movie production company has sued Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, along with a firm associate, for allegedly fraudulently transferring the company's properties to the firm's other clients.

By Rebecca U. Cho
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A West Hollywood movie production company has sued Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, along with a firm associate, for what the lawsuit alleges was the fraudulent transfer of the company's properties to the firm's other clients.

Cameo FJ Entertainment Inc., the producer of such films as "Rescue Dawn" starring Christian Bale and "Bottoms Up" with Paris Hilton, claims Manatt associate Matthew Portnoff "worked to ...

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